I got an email yesterday and thought it was a perfect time to revisit this topic, since it was almost exactly one year ago that my family came down with Whooping Cough (Pertussis). The email read like this: “Would you recommend vaccinating after dealing first hand with Pertussis? We have not vaccinated our 4 month […]

It’s no secret around here that I’m a huge fan of Katy Bowman’s blog and books. She was one of the last people I interviewed before I retired (for now, at least) the podcast. The compelling and well-researched information on her blog is part of the reason I do all sorts of strange things, such as avoid sitting, walk […]

Have you ever found something you didn’t know existed, right in your own backyard? Last weekend we found a park less than two miles from our house, that also has hiking trails, a playground… and these really awesome exercise stations. I’ve been mildly addicted to Katy Bowman‘s blog ever since I found it a few years […]

Yesterday I took the kids to the Pediatrician. The 3 youngest had an appointment, and I wanted to make sure they were ok after our bout with pertussis. These children have active Whooping Cough aka Pertussis: do they look like they’re dying? I suspected that the baby had coughed herself a mild umbilical hernia, and […]

Healing From Whooping Cough My entire family came down with Whooping Cough/Pertussis. Here’s an update on how we’re healing. The baby is sitting on the floor playing with toys. This isn’t remarkable, babies do this every day. Only when they don’t, because they’re too sick to waste any energy playing. It’s so easy to take […]

My entire family came down with Whooping Cough. Here are the results of our pertussis tests: some of us are positive. The other posts in this series: Whooping Cough – first sick kid and positive pertussis result Waiting For Pertussis Results – had remaining kids and hubby tested Part 3 On the Mend Post Pertussis […]

Saturday we took all the kids to get tested for Pertussis. (So far we only know for sure that Zoe, 13, has Whooping Cough.) Zoe is staying with relatives until she’s no longer contagious (though it’s probably too late for that). She is doing better. Her case has been a very mild one, thankfully. This […]

Quite an opener, isn’t it? At first I planned on naming this post “Whoop… there it is”, but thought better of it. This illness can be really scary, and I’m not taking it lightly. But a girl does have to keep her sense of humor, no? I’ve been reading and researching Whooping Cough for about […]

Today I interviewed Annette Yen of Healthy Foot Coach . I’ve known Annette online for several years, mostly through our membership in Solo Masterminds (formerly Mom Masterminds). Annette has a new project that I wanted to share. So many of us suffer from foot pain or other issues that have to do with alignment. About […]

For some time now I’ve been on a request to find an alternative to toothpaste that would work for my family. Why? What’s wrong with toothpaste? Well, a few things actually. I want to avoid fluoride because I believe poisonous when we get too much of it. We already get it in our drinking water, […]